http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/ Engadget Comments for ioSafe Solo 500GB rugged external HDD reviewed, tortured and drowned http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 6:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/]]>Aug 8th 2009 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/

I taught my hard-drive to swim.

I'm thinking in a few years a shady accountant will turn up in a lake somewhere with one of these attached to 'get rid of the evidence"......if only they'd known.

Oh well, I going to go make a performance, myself.]]>Aug 9th 2009 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/How about a pool or tub of water? Those are much more like a river.]]>Aug 8th 2009 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/You know I've never felt a need to say bad words about environmentalists, but you push it so far that it's damn hard to not say harsh word about you being an idiot in unpleasant terms.
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http://www.geardiary.com/2009/08/04/could-your-hard-drive-survive-this-if-its-an-iosafe-yep/]]>Aug 8th 2009 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/
So, instead of yanking it off of the desk on your way out of your burning/flooding home, you just yank the plugs out of the back and leave your SUPER-important data there?

seems like a pretty useless setup.

on-site backup to a separate external --> store it under your desk --> grab it on the way out when something bad happens/take it with you if you're leaving your place for extended periods or keep it off-site and back up once every two weeks. seems like a smarter/cheaper solution that's not prone to the aforementioned shortfalls. that's how I do it.]]>Aug 8th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 9th 2009 4:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt
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I could probably see this being used "in the field", but as far as home solutions go, off-site backups are easier.

Oh and man, what is with that god awful camera/cell phone? it was getting like one frame per second! ]]>Aug 8th 2009 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/
Yeah, if I wanted to watch a kid throw stuff into a stream, I'd go to m neighbor's house. This guy needs to cough up the $30 for a tripod and another $5 for a piece of rawhide to shove into his mouth.]]>Aug 8th 2009 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 9th 2009 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 9th 2009 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/
The biggest part of this particular test is the water. Water will seep into a harddrive. Otherwise, electronics can get wet, just as long as they are 100% dry before they are powered.]]>Aug 8th 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 8th 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/Aug 9th 2009 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/iosafe-solo-500gb-rugged-external-hdd-reviewed-tortured-and-dro/I was returning the next morning discovering all electricity were gone because of a short cicuit caused by a LaCie SCSI drive that had gone for a swim.
On stage was a shallow bassin (approx 2-3 inches of water) where the instruments of a folk/rock band was setup (performing in gumboots (-; )
The drive (connected to sampler) was attached to a keyboard stand with duct tape which had given in during the night so the drive had fallen 3 feet down into the water while still spinning.
It looked like the fan had propelled the enclosure for a little cruise because the SCSI cable was tensioned, but the earth faullt relay had problably kicked in immediately.
Anyhow, the enclosure was disassembled, the drive and psu was dried carefully and was later powerred up and happy spinning with out loss of data or hardware.

Likewise a roland sh-101 synth went to the bottom of lake when it was placed on a board of polystyren foam at a photo session. It survived, being dried completety and after working all the knobs and faders a little it was back to mint condition.

Electronics and water is just fine as long as the power is removed immediately and it is allowed to dry completely. Salt water is a different thing ;-)]]>Aug 11th 2009 7:17AM